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Testimony of Meir Max Sherman, born in Paris, France, 1935, regarding hiding in the village of Saint Julien du Saul

Testimony

Childhood in Paris before the war; family life; German occupation, May 1940; arrest of his father following denunciation and his deportation to Drancy, 1941; yellow badge decree, early 1942; manhunt for Jews, July 1942; escape with his mother and grandfather with the assistance of a [female] French worker employed in the family business; hiding in Saint Julien du Sault; denunciation, and capture of his mother and grandfather; being smuggled to a nearby forest with the help of the partisans; return to the village after about ten days; liberation in the summer of 1944; Life after the war; aliya to Eretz...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Khanam Urbakh Anet , born in Paris, France , in 1935 regarding her hiding in a French village in the region of Normandie

Testimony

German occupation in 1940; hiding during the deportation with friends from socialist organizations in 1941; arrest and deportation of the father to Drancy in 1942; smuggling of the witness, the brother and the members of the French foster family in the region of Normandie in 1942; life in the village; attending school as a French christian; evacuation to the forests in the area following the bombings by the Allies and return to the village in 1944; liberation by the American army in 1944; return to Paris by the mother; moving to a children's home in Calais with the help of the OSE organization and the...

File Number : 13699

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Fredi Knoler, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921 regarding the French resistance and the Drancy, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

German occupation and annexation of Austria( Anschluss) in 1938; Kristallnacht in 1938; crossing borders to Antwerpen,Belgium in 1938 where acquaintances of the family stayed; transfer to a camp for Jewish refugees (with the support of the Jewish community) in Merkplas in 1939; escape to France after the German occupation of Belgium in 1940; his detention in Lille,France because of his German (Austrian) nationality and transfer to the detention camp in St Cyprien in 1940; his escape from the camp to Gaillac and his work in agriculture in 1940; buying of forged certificates and his moving to Paris,as a French...

File Number : 13473

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Siegel Spira Felicia , born in Antwerpen, Belgium, regarding her escape to different places in France and her moving to Portugal

Testimony

-German occupation in 1940; air-raids and escape of her family to Bordeaux,France in 1940; escape to Toulouse and from there to Beaune; failed attempt to move to Portugal because of visas that are expired and return to Perpignan in 1940; the father obtains transit certificates to Portugal; moving via Spain to Lisboa, Portugal; life as refugees in Lisboa for a year, immigration to La Habana as refugees, citizens of Poland; Cuba in 1941 and from there, to New York,USA,and aliya to Israel in 1968

File Number : 13764

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Kolette Khazan Halbert (Halber), born in Saint Raphael, France in 1939, regarding her experiences in the children’s orphanage and her rescue by righteous gentiles

Testimony

Testimony of Kolette Khazan Halbert (Halber), born in Saint Raphael, France in 1939, regarding her experiences in the children’s orphanage and her rescue by righteous gentiles Childhood in Saint Raphael in southern France; father’s deportation to Auschwitz in Vélodrome d’Hiver (or Vél d’Hiv) roundup on 16 July 1942; mother’s arrest in Marseille and deportation via Drancy to Auschwitz in May 1943; transfer by grandfather and grandmother to orphanage for children of French origin in Cannes; smuggling of children to Mirepoix on the Spanish border; rescue of herself and her siblings by Elisabeth Martinet and...

File Number : 13675

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Esther Dvash Edri, born in Paris, France in 1934, regarding her experiences ‎escaping to Tangier in 1941 and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1945‎

Testimony of Esther Dvash Edri, born in Paris, France in 1934, regarding her experiences ‎escaping to Tangier in 1941 and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1945‎ The German occupation in 1940 and the children’s escape from Paris with their mother; shelter in ‎monasteries and towns in the guise of Christians; rumors of the expulsion of the Jews; decision to ‎go to neutral Spain, using her father’s Spanish passport; concentration of refugees from all over ‎Europe in Tangier; legal aliya to Eretz Israel via Gibraltar in May 1945. ‎

File Number : 13461

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Paul Pinchas Ben-Shaul Reichmann, born in 1934 in Lille, France, about his wartime experiences as a boy in hiding in France, the Champery refugee camp, the home of a Jewish family in Lausanne, etc.

German occupation ensues in 1940; family tries unsuccessfully to escape to the south of France (to Rue); escaping back to Lens in 1940; escaping to Paris; escaping to Piot in 1941; attempting to run the border with the family to the Free Zone of France; arrested by the Germans; trial and detention in a lockup in Biarritz in 1941; father detained separately; released and returns to Paris for several months; another attempt to escape to the south of France; escaping to Benejacoq in 1941; life in hiding there; transferred with help from the French resistance and the Jewish MJC organization to a convent in...

File Number : 13616

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yoseph Bar Gal [Burdzhel], born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1934, regarding his experiences in ‎Tunis under the German occupation, eviction from his home, and his activities in the Mossad in ‎Tunisia after the war

Testimony

Family background—traditional family; his father was director of a Jewish company that sold musical instruments; the neighborhood was mostly Italian-French; attendance at a French school; expulsion from school; German occupation at the end of 1942; air raids; sudden eviction from their home after their neighbors informed on them; German withdrawal in May 1943; return home; joining Hashomer Hatzair movement in 1948; active in the movement up to his aliya in 1956; training by the Mossad and return to Tunisia as a Mossad agent up to his official aliya to Israel in 1958; posting to France; his life up to this...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Monique (Sides) Yechiel, born in Marseille, France in 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in Marseille, Saint Agreve and Le Chambon sur Lignon

Testimony of Monique (Sides) Yechiel, born in Marseille, France in 1937, regarding her experiences as a child in Marseille, Saint Agreve and Le Chambon sur Lignon Emigration of her family members from Thessaloniki to Marseille; German occupation, 1942; escape to Saint Agreve with her family with help from a family from Saint Agreve; escape to Le Chambon sur Lignon with help from local people after her family was informed on; liberation of Marseille, 1944; Return to Marseille; aliya to Israel, 1971.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : French

Testimony of Uri Charles Landau, born in 1928 in Pforzheim, Germany, about his experiences in the Gurs camp in 1940, in a children's home in Aspet, in a residence in Moissac, and in hiding in the mountains

Kristallnacht in 1938; father arrested and sent to Dachau; Jews of Baden district sent to the Gurs camp in November 1940; bringing a Torah scroll into the camp; taking care of parents; children released under protection of the Quakers in February 1941; life in a children's home in Aspet; German occupation of the Free Zone of France in 1942; receiving information about parents' deportation; placed in a residence in Moissac; finding a temporary hideout in the mountains; resistance activity in the area; liberation in summer 1944; immigration to Eretz Israel aboard the Tel Hai in 1946; adjustment to life in Eretz...

File Number : 13588

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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